Churn-lid clamp.



M. F. CHANDLER.

VCHURN LID CLAMP. APPLICATION FILED FEB. SI |918.

I /l l l /19 /17 Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

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' 'Be it knownthat- I, MILLARD F. CHANDLER, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Chandler' Springs,.in the county of Talladega and State of Alabama, have invented lcertain new and useful Improvements ink Churn-Lid Clamps, ofjwhich the following is a specification. v

This invention hasrelation to `churns and has for. an object lto Vprovide afpclamp for securing the cover in place.

i VAnother oblect of the invention is to pro.444 vide a churn. cover clamp constructed lentirely of wire, having itsparts formed in a manner to permit the Yrapid and facile engagement of the clamp upon; thecover and` the securing of the cover in" place.

Another object of the invention is to pro. vide a cover clamp designed to extend en tirely acrosstheY top of thefcover withmeme.l bers to be arranged centrally around .the plunger rod whereby to reinforce somewhat the cover.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a churn cover clamp of the character above set forth which is extremely simple in construction, and which may be manufactured at a nominal cost. A

In addition to the foregoing my invention comprehends improvements in the details of construction and arrangement of the parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings in whichV similar and corresponding parts are designated by the same characters of reference throughout the several views in which they appear Figure 1, is a view in plan of my improved churn cover clamp, illustrating the contour of the cover and the association thereto in dotted lines.

Fig. 2, is a view of the device in side elevation, and F Fig. 3, is a section taken on line 3--3 of With reference to the drawings, 10-10 indicates a pair of clamping members in the form of strands of wire having their ends bent at right angles t0 form members 11 'Lo engage the periphery of the cover, and the extremities of the said members 11 bent inward as at 12, the length of the portion 11 corresponding to the combined thickness of the cover indicated in dotted lines at 13,

I l Specification of rLetters Patent.

TED @was PATENT @wm 'MILLAn'n F. CHANDLER, or CHANDLER srnnve's, ALABAMA.

p Patented sept. 2A, 191s.

Application mea February e; l19.18. serial No. 216,418.

and thev flange 141er other portion ofthe churn Ato lwhich thecover is secured.v The members v10 aredi'sposed in. parallelism and connecptvedoby means of connecting members 15, a .pa1r,`of which are provided, the same comprising sections ofv wire having their l terminals bent to form loopsy 16 through adjacentA loops of which the clamping members 10 extend. Tlreextremities of the members 15 arethen bent downward as at 1-7 to engage the top surface of the cover. The members 15 are-slidable along the members l10 toward or away from the end vthereof deiining, with themembers 10 ,a rectangular inclosure for -the plunger rod indicated at 18 in dotted lines.

`4lItwill be noted that themembers 10` are rotatable; relative to 4each vother withinthe loops ofthe members k15, and the clamp is appliedfto the top surfacefof thefcoverfwhile the` members 11 vof the clamping members 10 are pointed in opposite directions,the vsaid members subsequent to the application of the vclamps to the cover being brought toward each other so as to depend and be disposed beneath the flange 14 of the churn as in Fig. 2.

To secure the clamping members in adjusted position, I provide braces indicated at 19. A pair are provided, each in the form of a strand of wire having one end bent to form a loop 20 which is lengaged around members 11 of one clamp 10 while the opposite ends of said .braces are formed with hook-shaped terminals 21 to engage around the members 11 of the other clamp 10 as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawingsrv Owingl to the curvature 0f the cover and flange 14 the members 11 are tightly engaged against the periphery thereof, while the braces 19 extend beneath the flange 14: thereby preventingl removal of the clamp and cover. The parts of the clamp should be so dimensioned as tocause the members thereof to be placed slightly under strain when adjusted in the manner stated and to iiex the members 10 somewhat causing the terminals 17 and loops 16 of the bracing members 15 to bear against the cover.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided a clamp which is not only simple in construction in that its parts are of` simple configuration, but also in which the parts are largely duplicates. It will be seen that the parts 15, 10, and 19 correspond to one another and hence only three clari'ty, I realize i-that in ,practice various alterations 'tliereover may be made, and I therefore desire to reservethe;right-'andprivllege of changing the form of the details of Construction, or otherwise `altering the arrangement 'or the oorrelative :parts Without departing from the spirit lof ythe invention 4orthe'seope of the appended Claims.

`-ILI'aving'thus described my invention what I Vclaim Vvasliiemf "and desire to secure Iby Letters 5Patent is 1. 1A Alamp for churn covers, including parallel 'members to V`entend vacross the k@over rofa lengthA slightly lessthan the 4diameter thereof, depending 'portions formed Jon lthe terminals of :said members to engage the Y -periphery vof rthe cover, arms pivotally conii ee'te'clto"tl1e depending portions of lone memlber, hookshapedterminals "formed lupo'nthe other ends of said arms, to releasably 'ongage Adepending portions Aof Ethe l other olampir'ig -memberyand a pair of rods having their ends formed with loops to receive `the .clamping members for spacing said clamping members apart, the terminals of said rods extending beyond the loop and resiliently engaging the `Cover to secure the i same in i place.

2. A elamp for churn o0vers,"eo1npris'ing 4a pair ofsubstantially parallel rods having their terminals bent to form loops and eX- tensions bent dovvnwvardlyit'o -resiliently fengagethe cover, ase'eond; pair of substantially parallel Erods 'extending at right-angles to Vvthe rst ypair of rods and :rotatably and vslidably mounted-inthe loopsof lsaid first pair of rods, 'depending `arms formed `on `theends of theseeondpairof rods 'and having their ends formed into hooks, and means eonneeted lto the depending arms Vof one parallel krod for yengagingfthe Adepend-ing arms of the other'parallel rod.

lIn testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of vtvvo Witnesses ,MILLARD r. CHANDLER.

Witnesses:

Q LP. FUCEUR, :E iHzAMivrnT'r.

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